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(No Model.)

0. M. FOWLER &.W. WHITNEY. "HAND PRINTING DEVIOE.

No. 530,304. Patented Dec. 4,1394.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES M. FOWLER AND WASHINGTON WHITNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD,

MASsAoHUsETTS. I

HAN D-PRINTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,304, dated December 4, 1894.

Application filed July 19,1894. Serial No. 517,963. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that we, CHARLES M. FOWLER and WASHINGTON WHITNEY, citizens of the by one, by hand; the object being to provide improved devices of this class, of simplified construction and adapted for printing in I straight or curved lines; and the invention consists in the details of the constructionof the device, all as hereinafter fully described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a hand-printing device constructed according to our improvements, this figure showing a piece of card-board or paper on which the said device is shown in operative position for printing thereon. Fig. 2 is asection on line 2-2, Fig. 1, showing the frame parts on that line and the type spacer in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of said type spacer. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detail part hereinafter referred to. y

In the drawings, A and Y indicate the longitudinal, parallel, side bars of the open, rectangular, printing frame. The said side-bar,

Y, has on its upper face and preferably in a beveled or inclined position, a graduated rule, 5, for a purpose hereinafter described. The bar, A, of said frame has a recess, W, in its inner face, and about centrally between the ends of said recess, is fixed the pivot-pin, M. The said side-bars of the frame may be made of any suitable material, hard Wood being preferable to metal on account of its lightness. Between Said side-bars, a type-guide and spacer, D, is placed having at its ends the extending flanges, 8, 8,which form on each end of said spacer a groove inwhich the inner edges of the said bars, A and Y, engage; and they are so fitted therein that the said spacer is freely movable from end to end of said frame, and its lower edge is normally above the plane of the under side of the frame so that it will not rub or mar the printing when moved. The said type-guide and spacer, as

shown in the drawings, is provided on itsvertical face with the type-spacing lines, 0 and :r, the lines, 0, serving for spacing the lines. The lines, as, on said spacer.(see Fig. 3) serve for spacing between the letters by moving the guide, D, over an already printed letter to the extent of one or more spaces between said lines.

One of the ends, 7, of the flange-bearing ends of the spacer, D, on which the type-spacing lines, as, are, is. somewhat longer than the opposite end, so that it may provide room for a greater-number of said lines and spaces, and the extremity of said end is beveled ofi as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that its upper flange, 8, which lies on bar, A, may be no longer than the corresponding flange on the other end of said spacer.

The ends of the frame consist of suitable wooden pieces interposed between, and secured t0, the-ends of the bars, A and Y, and are preferably clamped between the metallic strengthening strips, K, K, and H, the strip, H, being left projecting to the extent of its thickness below the under face of the bars, A and Y, so that said strip may, when the frame is placed upon a piece of card-board on which printing is to be done, be drawn against the edge of said card-board as shown at the left in Fig. 1, whereby the frame is brought in the proper right angle alignment on the card for printing. p f

The line, 2, Fig. 2, indicates the plane of the under side of the part, 0, G, of the bar, A, and the line, 1;, of said last named figure indicates the plane of the under side of the bar, Y. Thus the under side of bar, Y, is elevated sufliciently above the card-board, B,

supported by the ends of the frame, to keep it clear of said card-board, thereby avoiding any contact of said bar with the latter, wherebythe printing may be rubbed or defaced when the frame is moved thereover.

The under surface of the strip, A, is brought to bear against the surface of the card-board,

holder and spacer, L, is provided. The arm of said detachable type-holder consists, preferably, of a thin strip of brass having perforations therein, as shown, for engagement with the pivot-pin, M, in oneof the bars of the printing frame, whereby the type-carrying end of said swinging guide may be adjusted to move in different radial lines. On the free end of said strip is fixed a socket, 10, conveniently arranged so that the type, 9, may be held therein against its side and end, which are at right angles to each other, so as to properly hold a type; and the side, a, of said socket stands normally above the plane of the card-board, so that it cannot mar the printing, as it swings over it. Thus in printing in curved lines the strip of the device, L, is passed under the frame with one extremity within the recess, W, of the bar, A, and is there engaged by said pin, M. The socket-bearing end of said strip is held steadily on the card-board, B, while printing a letter and is swung alternately to such positions as are desirable, or as indicated by the dotted circular line in Fig. 1, for circular printing.

Thus it is seen that the printing device herein described provides for printing on a card in. parallel, and in circular lines, of differing radii.

The proper spacing between the letters of the circular line of printing is conveniently provided for by the use of graduation marks on the rule, '5, of the bar, Y, of the printing frame to indicate the proper swinging movements of the spacer L, and type-holder.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat out, is-

1. A printing device for use with hand printing types, consisting essentially of a rectangular frame, one of the side bars thereof being provided with an index, and a swing ing type holder and spacer pivoted to the opposite bar and extending across the indexed bar, substantially as described.

2. A printing device for use with handprinting type, consisting of a rectangular frame having side-bars, one of which normally rests upon the paper printed upon, while the opposite side-bar is elevated normally above the surface of said paper, combined with a type-guide and spacer having its sides at a right angle to the side bars of said frame extending between said side-bars and having a sliding movement therein whereby the types held thereagainst are spaced, the edge of said type-guide adjacent to the paper printed upon being normally film}? the surface thereof, substantially as set ort r 3. A printing device for use with handprinting type, consisting of a rectangular frame, a graduated rule on the upper surface of one of the side-bars-of said frame, having one of its bars normally above the plane of the paper on which it rests combined with a type-guide and spacer extending between the said side-bars, and havingits sides at a right angle thereto having a sliding movement therein, whereby the types are spaced, and having spaces for supporting type which are at right angles to the line of movement thereof in said frame, substantially as set forth.

4. A printing device for use with handprinting type, consisting of a rectangular frame having side-bars, one of which normally rests upon the paper printed upon, while the opposite side-bar is elevated normally above the surface of said paper and a guide-strip at the end of said frame to bear against the edge of said paper, combined with a type-guide and spacer extending between said side-bars and having a sliding movement therein whereby the types held thereagainst are spaced, the edge of said typeguide adjacent to the paper printed upon be- ,ing normally above the surface thereof, substantially as set forth.

5. A printing device for use with handprinting type for printing parallel straight lines, consisting of a rectangular frame having side-bars, A and Y, the bar, A, normally resting upon the paper printed upon, while the opposite side-bar, Y, is elevated normally above the surface of said paper, combined with a type-guide and spacer extending between said side-bars having a sliding movement therein whereby the type are guided in straight lines and spaced, and a swinging type-holder and spacer, L, for printing in curved lines, pivotally" engaging with said frame and having on its free end a typeholding socket, 10, substantially as set forth.

6. A printing device for use with handprinting type, consisting of a rectangular frame, a type-guide and spacer extending between the side-bars of said frame, having a sliding movement therein, whereby the type .are spaced, and having faces for supporting type which are at right angles to the line of movement thereof in said frame, the end, 7, of said typeguide being beveled and extended beyond that of the opposite end of the guide, andhaving the letter-spacing lines, 00, thereon, combined and operating substantially as set forth.

CHARLES M. FOWLER. WASHINGTON WHITNEY;

Witnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, K. I. CLEMONS. 

